We examine the shareholder wealth effects of the adoption of the UK Modern Slavery Act (MSA) in 2015. The MSA's Transparency in Supply Chains clause introduced new reporting requirements mandating certain firms to provide an annual statement outlining their actions to tackle modern slavery in...

Researchers and policy-makers have become increasingly enthusiastic about greening purchasing and supply management activities. In theory, greening supply should both limit environmental damage from industrial activities and deliver bottom-line benefits to implementing firms. However, compared...

The trend in the outsourcing of services is gathering pace. This presents significant challenges for purchasing professionals. The management of these complex interactions is crucial to their on-going success, yet there is little guidance on what facilitates or indeed inhibits the effective and...

This paper explores the dynamic interplay of formal/informal governance mechanisms, in terms of functional and dysfunctional consequences for both sides of the dyad, in long-term inter-organizational relationships. Using two longitudinal cases of UK defence sector procurement (warship...

Purpose - Building social capital within buyer-supplier relationships is often associated with high performing supply chains. However, little research has examined the mechanisms by which social capital is formed. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of relational and contractual...

Global supply chains are part of the corporate strategy of many multinational companies, with often adverse effects on labor conditions. While employment relations scholars focus on a production-oriented paradigm, revolving around interactions between employers, workers, and government, much of...